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Parameter expansion seems to be missing a piece
I'm currently learning how to write simple scripts and can't get my head around a very simple problem.
I have the following command in my script...
touch ${DIRECTORY}/${FILE}
This command appears ...
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Parameter splitting
I have a bash script that is a simple wrapper around another process:
$ cat ~/bin/s3cmd
#!/bin/sh
trickle -u 80 ~/bin/s3cmd.py $*
$
This works great when the parameters don't contain spaces. ...
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How to escape < or > in a parameter in shell?
I'd like to use grep with a PCRE expression that contains the < character. Bash thinks I want to redirect, but I don't want to. How can I escape <?
